Top ten things rc related things that piss you off.

[brushlessboy16]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

All of the above and parts that disappear like magic right in front of me. I put it right there in front of me in plain vue on the table, I turn around to get something else and when I come back, the part is gone 'cause I just can't find it.



That one is nice, I will use this if you don't mind.

Tool/part blindness Eovnu87435ds is famous for that

[hyper9e]

When your car is covered with diff oil when you first unbox it because the factory did a crappy job.

[gixxer]

hobby shops that charge over list, and then complain when you stopped buying stuff there.

[PBO]

Dropping your last pinion grub screw in the dirt

The sound of nitros

Catching an AM/FM aerial tip in the face from the noob next to you

Discovering a slow leaking shock has given you a wet spot in your car

[Slowkrawl]

Trying to get a front dogbone back into a savage flux...What a friggin production.

[E-Revonut]

Originally Posted by redshift

Joe, you wouldn't be talking about Big W's would ya?

The ones who never have my TRAXXAS parts, even tho they sell TRAXXAS...

Chuck is a good guy, about the only one who'll at least admit he doesn't know jack about cars and trucks.

Worst one is that Mike dude with the glasses- he is clueless on everything!

I've seen that dude make more bad recommendations....

A few years back we'd go there for heli night in the winter. They hardly ever had basic parts, like BLADES. We have bitched countless times for them to reorder stuff, they will, usually months past when we needed it.

The other one is Redneck in Fulton, and they're not much better.

Fookin' irritating!

Yes sir, Walt's Hobby is who I'm referring to! Chuck is a good guy but I think the best one there to deal with is Todd. Todd will straight up tell you the truth, as long as no one else is around he may even tell you where to get something cheaper. He knows his stuff and will do what he can to help you. Pretty much everyone else is only into heli's there. As far as not having the Traxxas part that you need...Been there done that a few times. "we can order it for you" is old, I can order it myself and pay half as much. I only go to them if they might have the part and I want it NOW.

I still haven't been to Redneck, wouldn't mind checking out there clay track, but Fulton is 30-40 minutes away. If I'm gonna drive that long I'd just as well go to CRC where they actually know what they're talking about and if they don't know about something and I do, they're willing to listen to what I have to say!

Sorry for the hijak but this is part of what I hate about RC!!!

[Gee]

People that ask me if my brushless rc is gas or nitro. What? Even though they were out the day before when I was running the loud ass nitro up and down the block. This is especially true for a group of young under achievers in the niehborhood. I've exlpained nitro vs brushless to them before on several occasions. Loud, smoke, burns you when you flip it over, etc. Quite, fast, etc. Depressing that these little people are being labeled as: America'a future.

I didn't see BrianG list this so I am going to help him out:
FANS

AND this ones for MisterCrash
All the different size splines on servos and that each require a different count or size of servo horn. I agree.

I 12th or 20th what ever the count is now. The LHS that sells 1/8th scale rcs but doesn't even carry a 1/8th scale clutch bell. Plenty of trx parts though.

The ridiculous cost of some things in the hobby. Come on folks 35.00 for a pair of 5x10 bearings? Fioroni Tractive Differential - 204.99, the look on your wifes face would be priceless.

When one side of the hobby puts down the other side. Escpecially from the peson that has never tried the other side. Yeah I'm talking about you! If your running with the brushless folks there's no need to say ill words against the otherside to fit in with us. Hell we all know the brushless side has a higher intellect, is more mature, rational, and genrally deals with things in a more logical manner. That is what makes us better and we don't have try and prove it by childish name calling. They don't need any help from us to degrade them any farther then they do by theirselves. I talk from experience. As soon as I break out a Nitro to run for a while. I get a little more stupid, and don't think as clearly. For example I may mess with the lsn and the hsn at the same time. Dumb huh? I rarely cuss when I am running my brushless setup, but hell I blurt out words that would make a two bit whore blush and run away when I break out my nitro rcs. Sometines the foul words can last up to five minutes non stop. On top of all that negative, I tend to slouch more when running a nitro RC. So just leave the names calling to yourself and relish at the though that their 10 minutes of fun surrounded by 20 minutes of preperation H and all that is swollowed up by the hour of frustration that turns out to be a bad glow plug. Then some ice cream on top, there is the after run cleanup procedure that brings a smile to every brushless rc owners face when they unplug thier li-po for the night. That has more satifaction then any verbal assualt.

Enough rambling.

Good thread topic Ben. Getting some of this off our chests should help make the holidays more enjoyable for those around us. Let's grab our good buddy Mr. Jim Beam and the chainsaw and go cut down that Christmas tree that's been giving us problems. If it's in your house then who's to say a Birch Alder isn't a Christmas Tree.

Boils down to 2 questions

A: How fast does it go?

B: How much does it cost?


Gets really old, really fast......I do love seeing people cringe when I tell them about the cost of my Flux and its accessories. That usually shuts them up.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Gee

People that ask me if my brushless rc is gas or nitro. What? Even though they were out the day before when I was running the loud ass nitro up and down the block. This is especially true for a group of young under achievers in the niehborhood. I've exlpained nitro vs brushless to them before on several occasions. Loud, smoke, burns you when you flip it over, etc. Quite, fast, etc. Depressing that these little people are being labeled as: America'a future.

I didn't see BrianG list this so I am going to help him out:
FANS

AND this ones for MisterCrash
All the different size splines on servos and that each require a different count or size of servo horn. I agree.

I 12th or 20th what ever the count is now. The LHS that sells 1/8th scale rcs but doesn't even carry a 1/8th scale clutch bell. Plenty of trx parts though.

The ridiculous cost of some things in the hobby. Come on folks 35.00 for a pair of 5x10 bearings? Fioroni Tractive Differential - 204.99, the look on your wifes face would be priceless.

When one side of the hobby puts down the other side. Escpecially from the peson that has never tried the other side. Yeah I'm talking about you! If your running with the brushless folks there's no need to say ill words against the otherside to fit in with us. Hell we all know the brushless side has a higher intellect, is more mature, rational, and genrally deals with things in a more logical manner. That is what makes us better and we don't have try and prove it by childish name calling. They don't need any help from us to degrade them any farther then they do by theirselves. I talk from experience. As soon as I break out a Nitro to run for a while. I get a little more stupid, and don't think as clearly. For example I may mess with the lsn and the hsn at the same time. Dumb huh? I rarely cuss when I am running my brushless setup, but hell I blurt out words that would make a two bit whore blush and run away when I break out my nitro rcs. Sometines the foul words can last up to five minutes non stop. On top of all that negative, I tend to slouch more when running a nitro RC. So just leave the names calling to yourself and relish at the though that their 10 minutes of fun surrounded by 20 minutes of preperation H and all that is swollowed up by the hour of frustration that turns out to be a bad glow plug. Then some ice cream on top, there is the after run cleanup procedure that brings a smile to every brushless rc owners face when they unplug thier li-po for the night. That has more satifaction then any verbal assualt.

Enough rambling.

Good thread topic Ben. Getting some of this off our chests should help make the holidays more enjoyable for those around us. Let's grab our good buddy Mr. Jim Beam and the chainsaw and go cut down that Christmas tree that's been giving us problems. If it's in your house then who's to say a Birch Alder isn't a Christmas Tree.

I am tempted to fly to Washington state just to see you "try" to get a nitro tuned... I'll bring the Beam... You furnish the chainsaw. Sounds like a good combo!

[simplechamp]

1. When people on RC forums complain too much.

[Takedown]

Originally Posted by simplechamp

1. People on RC forums who complain too much

Please bold, Hightlight, underline & CAPATALIZE this for me! I 100% agree.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I am tempted to fly to Washington state just to see you "try" to get a nitro tuned... I'll bring the Beam... You furnish the chainsaw. Sounds like a good combo!

Fly in to Seattle - I'll drive us over to the flat land...I wanna see this too!

[_paralyzed_]

"keep it clean" jerkoffs. I was helping a noob tune in a redcat buggy (lame on top of lame, right?) and of course he had no temp. unit or any idea that there's a target window for temp. I had him running decent, but just to be sure I gave his cooling head the ole spit test. Well he freaked out! I spit on his baby! He wanted to keep it clean and put it back on his shelf to look pretty. I was going to explain to him the inherit traits of 2 stroke engines but he was in full temper tantrum mode, so I just said, "good luck" and rolled away

[Finnster]

1.) SAE screws. 1/16" hexes for 4-40 buttonheads is just asking for a stripped screw. #1 reason I won't buy a losi.

2.) LHSs. I want to like these places and give them business, but they usually don't have the part I need, or its 3x the price online, and bitch about the things I do have/need. They complain about BL, mostly bc nitro fuel is one of the few things you really need a LHS for, and no one is buying that 11 month old $200 3S Maxamps or Duratrax lipo that been sitting in the case.

I don't mind answering how fast it goes, and I never answer how much it costs. If they ask, I tell them asking a man how much his RC cost is like asking a woman how much she weighs. It just isn't done, and any answer you get is going to be a lie anyways.

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

"keep it clean" jerkoffs. I was helping a noob tune in a redcat buggy (lame on top of lame, right?) and of course he had no temp. unit or any idea that there's a target window for temp. I had him running decent, but just to be sure I gave his cooling head the ole spit test. Well he freaked out! I spit on his baby! He wanted to keep it clean and put it back on his shelf to look pretty. I was going to explain to him the inherit traits of 2 stroke engines but he was in full temper tantrum mode, so I just said, "good luck" and rolled away

Also known as "Shelf Queens"